12-11


12-11.		Increase the proportion of adults with high blood pressure who are taking action (for example, losing weight, increasing physical activity, or reducing sodium intake) to help control their blood pressure.

Target: 95 percent.

Baseline: 82 percent of adults aged 18 years and older with high blood pressure were taking action to control it in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.

Adults Aged 18 Years and Older With High Blood Pressure, 1998 (unless noted)	Taking Action To Control Blood Pressure
	Percent
TOTAL	82
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	DSU
Asian or Pacific Islander	76
Asian	75
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DSU
Black or African American	86
White	80

Hispanic or Latino	74
Not Hispanic or Latino	83
Black or African American	87
White	81
Gender
Female	83
Male	80
Family income level
Poor	80
Near poor	79
Middle/high income	81
Disability status
Persons with activity limitations	84 (1994)
Persons without activity limitations	76 (1994)
Geographic variation
Urban	83
Rural	80
Select populations
Persons with diabetes	DNA
Persons without diabetes	DNA

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.